1 AUGUST 1863, Page 3

The further details received from official sources in New Zealand

by the last mail were exceedingly gloomy. Infor- mation of the rising of the Southern tribes, and of all but the rising of the Waikatos, had been received at Wellington. From Whanganui a chief had written, "Arise ! let us start for the battle-ground ; leave your clothes behind; bring only belts and tomahawks." A friendly native had written his belief that the war just breaking out would be "the most wide-spread war" that New Zealand has seen ; and there is every reason to fear a deadly struggle with the combined forces of all the Maori tribes. Neither the number of the troops nor the firmness of the Governor are at all adequate for such a conflict.